thinning

英 [ˈθɪnɪŋ]

美 [ˈθɪnɪŋ]

v.  (掺水等)使稀薄，使变淡; 变稀疏; 变稀少; (使)变稀薄，变少
thin的现在分词

复数：thinnings　现在分词：thinning　

机械

BNC.33635 / COCA.22231

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 窄的;细的
  Something that isthinis much narrower than it is long.
  1. A thin cable carries the signal to a computer...
     一根细电缆将信号传送给一台计算机。
  2. James's face was thin, finely boned, and sensitive.
     詹姆斯面部瘦削，轮廓分明，容易过敏。
• ADJ-GRADED (人、动物)瘦的
  A person or animal that isthinhas no extra fat on their body .
  1. He was a tall, thin man with grey hair...
     他是个瘦高个，头发灰白。
  2. He is small and very thin and has pale-white skin.
     他个头瘦小，肤色苍白。
• ADJ-GRADED (纸、布等)薄的
  Something such as paper or cloth that isthinis flat and has only a very small distance between its two opposite surfaces.
  1. ...a small, blue-bound book printed in fine type on thin paper...
     一本用纸轻薄、字体精细的蓝皮小书
  2. A thin layer of topsoil was swept away.
     薄薄的一层表土被冲走了。
• ADJ-GRADED (液体)稀的，淡的
  Liquids that arethinare weak and watery.
  1. The soup was thin and clear, yet mysteriously rich...
     汤又稀又清，味道却出奇地浓。
  2. They are stirring huge pots of rice and thin vegetable soup over a fire made of charcoal.
     他们搅动着架在木炭火堆上的大罐米饭和蔬菜清汤。
• ADJ-GRADED (人群、观众)稀少的，稀疏的
  A crowd or audience that isthindoes not have many people in it.
  1. The crowd, which had been thin for the first half of the race, had now grown considerably.
     比赛前半段观众还稀稀拉拉的，这时明显增多了。
• ADJ-GRADED (微笑)冷淡的，牵强的，不幽默的
  Athinsmile is one that is not friendly or humorous.
  1. All she could manage was a thin, wan smile.
     她极力挤出了一丝勉强的苦笑。
• ADJ-GRADED (衣物)薄的，单薄的
  Thinclothes are made from light cloth and are not warm to wear.
  1. Her gown was thin, and she shivered, partly from cold.
     她的礼服很薄，浑身在发抖，一半是冻的。
• ADJ-GRADED (论点、解释)浅薄的，不足信的，说服力差的
  If you describe an argument or explanation asthin, you mean that it is weak and difficult to believe.
  1. However, the evidence is thin and, to some extent, ambiguous...
     然而，这个证据难以令人信服，而且有点模棱两可。
  2. Even if the optimists' theory is true, it still seems a thin argument against reform.
     就算乐观主义者的理论是对的，还是不足以阻止改革的进行。
• ADJ-GRADED (声音)尖声尖气的，尖细的
  A voice or sound that isthinis high-pitched and not very loud.
  1. Her thin voice rose high in complaint.
     她抱怨时抬高了尖细的嗓音。
• ADJ-GRADED (头发)稀疏的
  If someone's hair is described asthin, they do not have a lot of hair.
  1. She had pale thin yellow hair she pulled back into a bun.
     她把一头稀疏的浅黄色头发向后梳，挽成了个圆髻。
• V-ERG (使)变稀疏
  When youthinsomething or when itthins, it becomes less crowded because people or things have been removed from it.
  1. It would have been better to have thinned the trees over several winters rather than all at one time...
     当初要是分几个冬天疏剪树木，会比一下子疏剪完效果好。
  2. By midnight the crowd had thinned.
     半夜时分，人群渐渐散去了。
  3. Thin outmeans the same asthin.
     thin out 同 thin
  4. NATO will continue to thin out its forces...
     北约将继续缩减兵力。
  5. When the crowd began to thin out, I realized that most of the food was still there...
     人群渐渐散去的时候，我意识到大多数食物基本没人动过。
  6. Further up the river, the vineyards start to thin out and the orange groves and almond trees take over.
     继续溯流而上，葡萄园开始淡去，柑橘园和杏树多了起来。
• VERB 使（调味汁或液体）变稀薄;使变淡
  Tothina sauce or liquid means to make it weaker and more watery by adding another liquid to it.
  1. It may be necessary to thin the sauce slightly...
     可能有必要将酱汁稍稍稀释一下。
  2. Aspirin thins the blood, letting it flow more easily through narrowed blood vessels.
     阿司匹林可以稀释血液，使其在变窄的血管里更顺畅地流动。
  3. Thin downmeans the same asthin.
     thin down 同 thin
  4. Thin down your mayonnaise with soured cream or natural yoghurt.
     用酸奶油或原味酸奶稀释蛋黄酱。
  5. ...an oil-based paint that was thinned down with white spirit.
     用石油溶剂油稀释了的油性油漆
• 他的头发开始脱落，皮肤也老化了。 → see:His hair is thinning and his skin has lost all hint of youth.
• PHRASE (耐心等)消磨掉，耗尽
  If someone's patience, for example,is wearing thin, they are beginning to become impatient or angry with someone.
  1. Parliament has not yet begun to combat the deepening economic crisis, and public patience is wearing thin.
     议会还没有着手应对日益严重的经济危机，公众日渐失去了耐心。
• on thin ice→ see:ice

英英释义

noun

• the act of diluting something
  1. the cutting of whiskey with water
  2. the thinning of paint with turpentine
  Synonym:cutting

双语例句

• In this paper, one corneal contour extraction algorithm based on the fusion of the adaptive thresholding and thinning algorithm is presented.
  提出了一种基于动态域值选择和细化算法的角膜细胞轮廓抽取算法。
• Thinning, one of the breeding technologies of eucalyptus big-diameter wood, and its economic effects were studied.
  本文就桉树大径材培育技术-间伐控制对桉树林分生长和经济效益进行分析。
• Study on thinning to Robinia pseudoacacia forest on the Loess plateau.
  黄土高原刺槐林间伐改造研究。
• His hair is thinning and his skin has lost all hint of youth.
  他的头发开始脱落，皮肤也老化了。
• The paste has the rheological characteristics of slurry, such as thixotropism and shear thinning.
  膏体具有料浆的触变性和剪切变稀等流变特征。
• It is generally accepted that thinning of the blood reduces the chances of thrombosis.
  一般认为，稀释血液可降低血栓形成的可能性。
• The trees may be cut as a part of a silvicultural thinning.
  这些树木可以被砍掉作为造林疏伐的一部分。
• Thinning and shading experiments have confirmed this.
  疏伐和遮光试验已证实这种情况。
• But they have not considered that some glaciers are also thinning.
  但是它们没有考虑到一些冰川也正在减少。
• I think the gravy needs thinning a bit.
  我想肉卤需要稍微稀释一下。